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This FAA file, released through The Black Vault, collects correspondence and memos about the Japan Air Lines flight 1628 UFO report over Alaska on November 17, 1986. It includes Philip J. Klass's 1987 Skeptical Inquirer article, which attributes the sighting to Jupiter, Mars and moonlit ice clouds, and FAA Alaskan Region public affairs memos on the premature release of investigation material. It also contains Richard F. Haines's request for the case file and Paul Steucke's reply explaining the radar returns as uncorrelated targets.
“Japan Air Lines Flight 1628”2 pages
.-· viation eek & Space Technology Philip J. Kl ass Dear Paul Steucke: June 10, 1987 Here is the final, published version of my analysis of the now farrous JAL UFO incident for your files Although "Skeptical Inquirer" is a copyrighted publication, you have my pennission to make a few additional copies if you wish. Cordially, Q
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